Interesting little find

[BrownBarge]

My sister bought her house in may last year but when we tried to get into the attic, some cowboy electrician had ran wires across the hatch so getting in was challenging. Anyway tried getting in again earlier and managed to move the wires and cable tie them to a nail they were out the way. The attic was empty apart from one small brown pouch so i opened it up

According to google it dates to 1960

No wires with it tho to test it out

[BO60BYS]

My sister bought her house in may last year but when we tried to get into the attic, some cowboy electrician had ran wires across the hatch so getting in was challenging. Anyway tried getting in again earlier and managed to move the wires and cable tie them to a nail they were out the way. The attic was empty apart from one small brown pouch so i opened it up

According to google it dates to 1960

No wires with it tho to test it out

 

are we going to see you on Dickinson's real deal next week then with some snotty kid in the background pulling tongues haha ?

[devonutopia]

Antique multimeter basically?

[BrownBarge]

Antique multimeter basically?

Yeah. I thought it was cool tbh

[BrownBarge]

are we going to see you on Dickinson's real deal next week then with some snotty kid in the background pulling tongues haha ?

Nah. I'll keep it and try find some wires. I wanna see if it works lol

[Aspman]

Good ol' banana plugs might work.

[softscoop]

There is a very old looking suitcase in my loft

 

I've never dared open it...

[@Lee]

Still use one of these at work to check the pairs in the cabinets are showing continuity. The leads (bottom of page) might also be suitable for that unit.

 

http://www.jmwlimited.co.uk/Tester_SA9083_Linesmans_Multimeter.html

[BO60BYS]

There is a very old looking suitcase in my loft

 

I've never dared open it...

 

Why?

[GentleGiant]

I expect it will need a new battery; if it is similar to their later models it take a non standard one though. Rugged, reliable things, we were still using similar models into the late 1980's.

[BrownBarge]

Im going to remove the screw on the back later and have a look inside

[FUBAR]

There is a very old looking suitcase in my loft

 

I've never dared open it...

 

There is a loft in my house, i've never opened that!  

[mannyo]

The first house bought by my sister had a full box of car engine parts and a cylinder block of some description in the loft. Who knows how it got there, but it took a lot of manpower and ropes to get the block out of the loft.

 

The house I am renting had nothing in the loft until I put several empty boxes up there.

[Norco]

There is one of my sisters old dolls with a porcelain face in the loft of my old house. Its in the gap between the joists under the insulation. Have fun finding that.

Edited 10 February, 2015 by Norco

[Outofthi5world]

The first house bought by my sister had a full box of car engine parts and a cylinder block of some description in the loft. Who knows how it got there, but it took a lot of manpower and ropes to get the block out of the loft.

 

The house I am renting had nothing in the loft until I put several empty boxes up there.

Maybe trying to build the full car up their. Or even better, maybe dismantling one.

[CFB]

When we moved into our current house, I found a box of live .303 rounds in the loft.

Phoned the police to get firearms to come and remove them, as i was advised, but the wouldn't coz they said they might be unstable?

Took them to the local police station in the end. They didn't look too happy but took them anyway.

[kilted]

There is one of my sisters old dolls with a porcelain face in the loft of my old house. Its in the gap between the joists under the insulation. Have fun finding that.

Some kid in the future is going to be attacked by porcelain Chukky.

[Huskoda]

My sister bought her house in may last year but when we tried to get into the attic, some cowboy electrician had ran wires across the hatch so getting in was challenging.

That's nothing. When I moved into my house, I went up into the loft and by good fortune didn't touch the live, yes LIVE, electric shower cabling that was laying cut off right next to the loft hatch.

 

Nice find, btw I just found junk.